Contextualization and Digitalization of WHO's Mental Health Action Gap Intervention Guide Substance Use Disorders Module
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: mhGap IG SUD Module Intervention Training, Control.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Substance Use Disorder (SUD). Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Pakistan
- Next step
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Official title
Testing a Contextualized and Digitalized WHO's Mental Health Action Gap Intervention Guide Substance Use Disorders Module in Primary Care Settings of Pakistan: A Feasibility Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
Overview
The aim of study is to: 1. To contextualize, adapt, customize and digitalize WHO's Mental Health Gap Action Programme Intervention Guide (e-mhGAP-IG); Substance Use Disorders Module (SUD module) V 2.0 for primary care settings (PCPs) in Pakistan. 2. To test the feasibility and acceotability of the e-mhGAP-IG (SUD module) training program in a feasibility cluster randomized controlled (cRCT) trial to enable mental health services in primary health care settings in Pakistan. The proposed study includes contextualization, adaptation, customization, and a feasibility cRCT of e-mhGAP-IG (SUD module) V 2.0 by constituting a combination of traditional and technological approaches of eHealth (mHealth, blended learning, and telemedicine) enabling mental health services in primary care settings to be well informed and accessible. This intervention will empower 300 Primary Care Physicians (PCPs) based in Primary Care Units (PCUs) from urban settlements and Basic Health Units (BHUs) from rural settlements in three major cities, Karachi, Lahore, and Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
Interventions
- Other mhGap IG SUD Module Intervention Training
8 bi-weekly training sessions of e-mhGAP IG SUD Module - Other Control
Routine practices or standard of care
Primary outcome measures
- Feasibility measures [Time frame: From enrollement to the end of intervention at 4 weeks]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Primary and non-specialized healthcare providers working in the identified health facilities for this study across three targeted cities; willing to give informed consent for participation in this trial.
Exclusion criteria
- Any primary and non-specialized healthcare provider who is not permanently working in the selected health facilities, has no access to a smart mobile phone and/or internet connection; and is uncomfortable using a mobile phone.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Single blind
- Primary purpose
- Supportive care
Study locations
Pakistan · 1 center
- Basic Health Unit — Karachi
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07386574 · mhGAP-IG-SUD-001 · 16645